Financial Controller, Paack
Last-mile delivery solution
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Last-mile delivery solution
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To achieve the best sustainable delivery experience.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ year experience in similar roles, ideally within fast-growth companies with international presence
- The role is a perfect combination of finance and data analysis, and that’s why Excel skills should be very high
- Experience in Microsoft Business Central, Looker, Macros and Power Query will be much appreciated
- Fluent level of English
- Communication, people management skills and experience with multicultural profiles and cross-cultural management
- Great comprehension skills and empathy
- Highly motivated and results-driven person
- Proactive and a problem-solver
- Ability to work under pressure in a rapidly changing environment
What the job involves
- In Finance, we are primarily responsible for a range of administrative tasks that support business operations and provide economic insights to ensure optimal resource allocation for high performance and growth
- Contribute to margin calculation processes with special focus on the impact of pricing agreements and tariff structures
- Perform regular variance analysis on margins and tariff application, identifying key deviations and proposing corrective actions
- Monitoring the cost and operating metrics from the delivery services’ suppliers within the different distribution centres in each market
- Monitoring the economics from certain business units or segments, such as Ship from Store or Fulfilment Centres
- Contribute to building and maintaining a robust database of customer and supplier tariffs, ensuring accuracy and traceability of commercial terms and conditions
- Perform the calculations to issue invoices to customers and validate invoices from suppliers. Contribute to the tariff-related accruals and ensure alignment with the payables accounting cycle
- Contribute to implementing a pricing engine software to scale admin operations. Monitor and update pricing structures regularly, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market trends
- Support contract negotiation processes by providing financial insight on pricing terms and their operational impact
- Collaborate in projects aimed at automating and scaling the pricing and controlling processes
- Act as a point of contact for economics, controlling, tariffs and pricing-related queries from operations, procurement, and finance teams for the related reporting cycles
- Coordinate with warehouse teams to ensure accurate validation of supplier tariffs related to logistics operations
- Contribute to the Business Plan delivery and monitoring both of operating, general expenses and headquarters’ structure
Our take
Addressing the challenges of inadequate delivery experiences in the eCommerce realm, Paack is a last-mile delivery space committed to managing and optimising customer delivery services.
The last-mile delivery space is an increasingly crowded market, but Paack has succeeded in setting itself apart thanks to its proprietary technology, and its seamless integrations with eCommerce sites. And its investment in EV adoption has allowed the company to offer more sustainable alternatives to other delivery providers. The company integrates directly with eCommerce retailers, offering a customisable delivery options system, and now handles several million orders monthly on behalf of over 100 international clients, including 17 of Spain's top 20 eCommerce retailers.
As Paack charts its trajectory, funding is helping it to bridge to profitability, marking a crucial phase in the company's financial journey. Alongside this, it remains focused on its growth strategy, investing in areas such as warehouse automation and routing integrations. This strategic move positions Paack to compete effectively with industry giants like DHL, Instabox, and Google's cloud-based routing service, reaffirming its commitment to reshaping the future of last-mile delivery.
Steph
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Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Mar 2021
$530.8m
SERIES F
Dec 2019
$177m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company HQ
Sant Gervasi - Galvany, Barcelona, CT
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